Selection Committee has some tough seeding to do

KU's Joel Embiid, who will sit our the Big 12 Tournament because of a back injury, did join the team for a brief shoot-around Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Rich Sugg)

By continuing to kick the can down the road and cast his eyes toward a very bright future, Hinkie seemed to be committing the 76ers to another year of dismal present. He didn't count on one thing, though: that his brand new top draft pick would take it upon himself to start recruiting free-agent talent in the here and now:

@KingJames hey bro hope you're having a good day...... Want to join us in philly?? Peace

Yep, that's Embiid reaching out to LeBron James — who, as you might have heard, decided to hit the market this summer — to gauge his interest in perhaps bringing his talents back up north to The City of Brotherly Love. When the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player didn't respond — he must've been pretty busy waiting to hear how Pat Riley's going to reload the roster of the Miami Heat — the Cameroonian big man decided to take another crack, poking a bit of fun at his own draft-night foible in the process:

For what it's worth, the 76ers have oodles of cap space available, with just under $40 million in guaranteed contracts, cap holds and as-yet-unsigned draft deals now on the books. It isn't worth much, though, because there's a better chance that Questlove suits up for Philadelphia next season than that LeBron does. Still, though, it's nice to see Joel reaching for the stars and willing to recruit ... not to mention getting his Twitter account in the news for something a little bit more positive this time around.